Moses Maimonides

The Man and His Works

Herbert Davidson

First definitive guide to Moses Maimonides' life and works in English

Moses Maimonides

The Man and His Works

Herbert Davidson

Description

Moses Maimonides (1137/38-1204), scholar, physician, and philosopher, was the most influential Jewish thinker of the Middle Ages. In this magisterial biography, Herbert Davidson provides an exhaustive guide to Maimonides' life and works. After considering Maimonides' upbringing and education, Davidson expounds all of his many writings in exhaustive detail, with separate chapters on rabbinic, philosophical, and medical texts. Moses Maimonides has been recognized as the standard work on a towering figure of Western intellectual history.

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Moses Maimonides

The Man and His Works

Herbert Davidson

Author Information

Professor of Hebrew, emeritus, at UCLA. He is the author of several books, including Proofs for Eternity, Creation, and the Existence of God in Medieval Islamic and Jewish Philosophy (OUP, 1987) and Alfarabi, Avicenna, and Averroes, on Intellect (OUP, 1992) .

Moses Maimonides

The Man and His Works

Herbert Davidson

Reviews and Awards

"Davidson's biography excels. The exhaustive scope of the book is clear...All told, the work is perhaps the single most helpful reference volume I have come across in becoming acquainted with Maimonides."--Ancient Traditions, New Conversations